wpt-r

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Egyptian

Etymology

wpt (infinitive of wpj (“to open”)) +‎ r (“mouth”), thus ‘opening of the mouth’.

Pronunciation

 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /wVˈpaːwatɾaʀ/ → /wVˈpaːtɾaʀ/ → /wəˈpaːʔɾə/ → /wəˈpoːʔɾ/

Noun

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  1. the opening of the mouth ceremony, a funerary ritual that symbolically reanimates the deceased and lets them regain the senses and physical powers they had in life

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: οὐφῶρ (ouphôr)
  • Old Coptic: ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲓⲣⲉ (oupaire)

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 321.
  1. ^ Compare Gundacker, Roman (2018) “Retention or Rejection: The Fate of ‘Ältere Komposita’ at the Transition from the ‘Dreisilbengesetz’ to the ‘Zweisilbengesetz’” in Tradition and Transformation in Ancient Egypt, page 160
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